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'Lost Daughter' Mary Williams in Berkeley to talk about her improbable journey
Umm Durmān :: Sudan | 1 month ago
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When writer Mary Williams sits down with author Dave Eggers at a Berkeley Arts & Letters presentation to talk about her recently released "The Lost Daughter" on April 23, she won't be telling a fairy tale. Yes, there will be a character in distress,
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Lake Forest High School adds 3 graduates to wall of fame
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | 1 month ago
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The three unveiled Wednesday were David Crane, Thomas Mohr and Rob Pelinka. They were selected by a committee of staff and faculty as well as representatives from the Association of Parents and Teachers, a volunteer group that assists and sponsors
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Is the Public Getting Swindled By the City's Short-Sighted School and Library Sell-Offs?
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 months ago
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The City of New York, like many other large landowners, has been selling its land for centuries. However, these last few months have brought what many consider to be a disconcerting flurry of real estate transactions as the city, citing a cash crunch,
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Early Buzz: 'Thrones,' Rainn and more headlines
McLean :: VA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Early Buzz: 'Thrones,' Rainn and more headlines - We have a story about novelist Owen King, son of Stephen King. - Here are some details about American Horror Story'
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Review: A Hologram for the King, By Dave Eggers
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Suggested Topics Dave Eggers' new novel hits you with prose as stark and as luminous as its Saudi Arabian setting. A Hologram For the King tells of Alan Clay, who travels to King Abdullah Economic City to sell an IT system. As he waits to deliver his
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A Hologram for the King, By Dave Eggers
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 3 months ago
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As the publisher of the hip literary magazine McSweeney's, his writing style has a touch of the same experimentalism and tricksiness, from his semi-fictional debut memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, to the gimmickry of his short
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A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers – review
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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An artist's impression of King Abdullah Economic City in Jeddah, where Alan pitches for an IT project. Photograph: AP "I can do it any way you want," Dave Eggers tells a reality TV producer in his debut, the memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering
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Guardian Books podcast: the books of 2013 and Daniel Tammet on maths
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
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This week's podcast is all about the shape of the year ahead: trends to look out for, anniversaries coming up and new novels from Dave Eggers, Margaret Atwood, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Stephen King and a host of others...We also talk to Daniel
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Big magazine reads for the small screen
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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Chris Ware's iPad-only comic, Touch Sensitive, is available via the McSweeney's app. Image: Chris Ware Matter is a new science and technology magazine, commissioning long-form, investigative journalism, with each article made available for 99¢ (61p).
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Top 10 books of 2012
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 5 months ago
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The big news in publishing these days may be all about mergers, but that hasn't diminished the many excellent books that came out this year. Among the standouts are two firsts: a debut novel by Ben Fountain (" Billy Lynn 's Long Halftime Walk") and a
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